Awadhi (अवधी)

Awadhi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 38 million people
mainly in the Awadh (अवध) region of Uttar Pradesh in
India, and also in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Nepal and Mauritius.
It is closely related to Hindi and is considered by many as an
Eastern dialect of Hindi.

Awadhi is also known as Abadhi, Abadi, Abohi, Ambodhi, Avadhi,
Baiswari, Kojali and Kosali.

Awadhi is usually written with the Devanagari
alphabet, or with the Kaithi alphabet, or with a mixture of
the two. It was first appeared in writing during the 12th century
in the work of Damodara Pandita.